The Atom: Ready to Fire

Everyone knew what the answer would be, but
President Kennedy arid Prime Minister Macmillan went through the
exercise anyway: off to Moscow last week went another appeal to the
Russians to join the Western powers in an effective nuclear test ban
treaty. Even while awaiting the Soviet nyet, which came three days
later, the U.S. moved full speed ahead on preparations for resuming its
own nuclear tests in the vast and silent stretches of the Pacific.